United Nations has Failed to Live Up to its Mission on December 29, 2021Former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has said, “On Human Rights Day, I call on States to fulfil the promises they made at the Vienna Conference.” We all know that the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in June 1993, was a landmark event. It was stated that the Vienna Declaration was […]
Superpowers’ Word and Deeds in Kashmir on October 26, 2021The Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world, which is still pending on the agenda of the UN Security Council since 1948. The international community has been engaged all along and believes Kashmir to be an internationally disputed territory. It has voiced (through numerous UN resolutions) that the valley’s […]
25 Years later: Getting away with extrajudicial execution of Jalil Andrabi on April 8, 2021One of the darkest chapters of Indian judicial partiality was left hanging half closed and banging in the wind when Major Avtar Singh, the killer of internationally known human rights activist and Chairman of Kashmir Commission of Jurists, Advocate Jalil Andrabi, was found dead after he killed his wife and two children, and finally himself […]
Focus on Jammu & Kashmir on April 7, 2021Once again, the United States Department of State, 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, issued on March 30, 2021 has reproached India on her human rights record The country report contains graphic documentation of human rights violations being committed by the Indian military and paramilitary forces in Jammu & Kashmir. This is a significant […]
Kashmir & the role of the United States on March 27, 2021The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world. The experience of nearly seven decades has shown that it will not go away and that an effort is urgently required to resolve it on a durable basis. ‘Durable’, in this context is synonymous with ‘equitable’. It is imperative, whatever be […]
Kashmir & the role of the United States on March 19, 2021The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world. The experience of nearly seven decades has shown that it will not go away and that an effort is urgently required to resolve it on a durable basis. ‘Durable’, in this context is synonymous with ‘equitable’. It is imperative, whatever be […]
Kashmir: Symbol of multiculturalism on February 23, 2021Kashmir is internationally recognized as a disputed territory whose final status is yet to be determined by the people. Both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons and have fought three wars during the past 73 years. This is a matter that urgently needs to be put on a road to find a just and viable […]
Kashmir and passivity of the world powers on January 27, 2021“Kashmiris are not enemies of India or hold any grudge against its inhabitants. We are desirous of a strong India and Pakistan and it is only possible when Kashmir issue is resolved to pave the way for peace, prosperity and development in the region.” Syed Ali Geelani, Veteran charismatic leader of Jammu & Kashmir “It […]
Kashmir Deserves UN Intervention on December 12, 2020Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights deserves an appreciation to acknowledge that, “A world with diminished human rights is a world that is stepping backwards into a darker past, when the powerful could prey on the powerless with little or no moral or legal restraint.” Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, the President […]
October 27th: The Tyranny Continues in Kashmir on October 28, 2020October 27 marks the beginning of Indian Occupation of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is forever scarred in the collective minds of the Kashmiri people as the day they became occupied. The Kashmir conflict began in 1846 with the illegal, immoral and inhumane sale of the historic state of Jammu and Kashmir […]